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VN-Matrix 300 • Contents v Contents Introduction ......................................................... 1 About the VN-Matrix 300 ..................................... 1Functional Overview ............................................. 1 Signal Compatibility — Video ............................ 2S...
VN-Matrix 300 • Contents vi Device Page — Peripherals ................................. 49 Serial Port Control ............................................ 49Pass-through Control Mode ............................ 49Configuring a Serial Pass-through Group ....... 50 Firmware, Licensing Upgrades and U...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 1 Introduction This section describes: z About the VN-Matrix 300 z Functional Overview z Setup and Configuration z System Control z Front Panel Features z Rear Panel Features About the VN-Matrix 300 The Extron ® range of VN-Matrix™ 300 video encoders/decoders (VNC 300 co...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 2 Signal Compatibility — Video The VN-Matrix 300 is supplied in one of three options, based on the type of digital video transport and video resolutions that it is intended to support. Digital Video Transport Model Number SMPTE424/425M SMPT292 SMPTE 259M VN-Matrix 300 SD...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 3 System Control Integrated Web Management System The VN-Matrix 300 incorporates an integrated web management system (referred to in this manual as the web interface). This allows any VN-Matrix 300 unit on a network to be configured via a Windows ® -based PC (on the same...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 4 VN-Matrix 300 System Overview In this example either of the two encoder streams may be routed to any of the three decoder units. The VN-Matrix 300 labelled IP Rx is the controller for the system. Network VN-MATRIX 300 SERIES SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO OVER IP LAN-1LAN-2STATU...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 5 Multicast RTP This transport method uses a real-time variation of UDP (User Datagram Protocol), called RTP (Real Time Protocol). Multicast RTP allows a source to be displayed on any number of displays. Network VN-MATRIX 300 SERIES SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO OVER IP LAN-1LAN-...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 6 Unicast RTP Like Multicast RTP, this method uses a real-time variation of UDP protocol, called RTP. This method can be used where the network infrastructure does not support multicast traffic. Typically this should be used as a point-to-point configuration (that is: si...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 7 Unicast TCP This method transports data using standard TCP (Transport Control Protocol) and should only ever be used for single point-to-point transfer of data. Network VN-MATRIX 300 SERIES SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO OVER IP LAN-1LAN-2STATUSALARM TEST VN-MATRIX 300 SERIES SE...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 8 Front Panel Features Figure 5. VN-Matrix 300 Front Panel Indicators The following indicators are visible on the front of the VN-Matrix 300: Name Color Function Power Green z Fully Lit – when the unit is receiving power from the 12V supply input. z Flashing – an over te...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 9 Test Button The test button on the front panel provides the following functionality. Encoder Decoder Action Display the test pattern on the SDI-OUT connector. Display the test pattern on the SDI-OUT connector Active stream Suspended Not displayed Output format HD 1280 ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Introduction 10 Digital Video Connectors The VN-Matrix 300 provides 3 BNC connectors for the connection of digital video sources. The function of the connectors may change dependant on the configuration of the unit (encoder or decoder mode). Connector Mode SDI – IN SDI - OUT SDI - LO...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 11 Installation and Basic Setup Procedures This section describes basic installation and setup procedures, including: z Choosing a Suitable Location z Environmental Requirements z Rack Mount Requirements z Mains Power Connection z Mains Power C...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 12 Temperature DO NOT install or operate the VN-Matrix 300 in an area where the ambient temperature exceeds 35°C (95°F) or falls below 5°C (35°F).Remember that, as with all electronic equipment, the VN-Matrix 300 and its associated PSU also pro...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 13 Mains Power Connection (via PSU) The VN-Matrix 300 must be powered from a 12 Volt DC regulated supply. A suitable mains-operated power supply unit (PSU) is provided. The mains connection details that follow relate to the PSU. CAUTION: Never ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 14 Fitting a Mains Plug If you are fitting a plug to the unterminated power cord (or replacing an existing plug), you must fit a plug that: z Is rated for use with mains voltage z Is equipped with a grounding pin/connection z Complies with any ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 15 Unfused Plugs or Hard-wired If the power cord is fitted with an unfused plug, or is hard-wired into a power strip (mains distribution batten), then the power cord must be protected by an external fuse or circuit breaker of a rating shown in ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 16 Rack Mounting Figure 9. VNM Quad RMK – 2U High for 4 VN-Matrix 300 Units Figure 10. VNM Dual RMK – 1U High for 2 VN-Matrix 300 Units Full details of the VNM Dual RMK and VNM Quad RMK rack trays are available on request from your Extron deale...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 17 Basic Setup Procedure Configuring a VN-Matrix 300 System Setting up and connecting a VN-Matrix 300 system is best undertaken in three stages. z Stage 1: Network Communications Setup Configure the network settings for each device using a PC a...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 18 z On the PC run a terminal emulation program such as HyperTerminal, with the following comms settings: Baud rate: 115200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None Low level configuration z Connect the power to the VN-Matrix 3...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 19 Network Port Specific OptionsOption Function Comment 0 and 10 Network port link speed z Option 0 allows the speed of the RJ45 network port to be set manually. z Option 10 reports the speed of the SFP port; this is fixed at 1Gbs 1 and 11 Set ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 20 Network Port Specific OptionsOption Function Comment Unit Specific Options 8 Set the number of the port that is used for communications with the system controller. By default this is set to 5432, this may be changed if required. Note that al...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 21 Video and Audio Data Video and audio data may be transported over either of the NICs on the VN-Matrix 300 unit and are independent of the system control data. NOTE: The browser is accessible via either network port on the unit that is config...
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 22 Unit 2 Network Port 1 (RJ45) Network Port 2 (SFP) 0 Speed/Duplex:auto_10_100_1000 10 Speed/Duplex:Fiber_fixed_1000 1 Boot method: static [dhcp] 11 Boot method: static [dhcp] 2 Address: 172.28.0.2 12 Address: 192.168.0.2 3 Netmask: 255.255.0....
VN-Matrix 300 • Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 24 Routed Network Configuration Example NOTES: This is an example of a routed network configuration. • Unit 1 is configured as the controller, on IP address 192.168.0.1. The two VN-Matrix 300 units are connected across a WAN via an external rou...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 26 System Configuration This section describes: z VN-Matrix 300 Web Interface z Start Up and Login Procedure z Device List Page z Device Page z Configuration Page — Videoport (Encoder) z Bandwidth Management Page — Videoport (Encoder) z Configuration Page — Video...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 27 Start Up and Login Procedure The IP address of the controller is entered into the address bar of the browser in the normal way. Figure 13. Entering the IP Address In the example above, the IP address of the controller is 192.168.0.101. NOTE: The IP address of ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 28 Device List Page The Device List page will display. This page lists all of the VN-Matrix 300 codecs and decoders that are present on the network. Device Type Three types of device may appear in the list z 3G-SDI — A codec that is licensed to operate at all res...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 29 Device Page Select a device from the device list: z Double click the mouse pointer on any of the entries for a device in the list (see figure 15 ). The Device page of the chosen unit will be displayed. The example below shows the Device page for an encoder. Fi...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 31 Create Display (Decoder) Select this option to create a Display ( Decoder). z Display will be shown adjacent to a change device type button. z A display icon will be created in the Configuration window. Figure 18. Source (Decoder) Configuration and Setup The D...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 32 Configuration Page — Videoport (Encoder) The encoder Configure page provides: z Status information for the encoder z Access to the Bandwidth Management page z Stream statistics and multicast configuration Figure 19. Configuration Page Encoder Videoport Panel T...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 33 Encoder Streams Panel The Streams panel of the Configure page for an encoder provides information on any active streams that are configured on the encoder. z Stream definition — Provides information on any active streams from the Encoder. z Streams are provisi...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 34 Bandwidth Management Page — Videoport (Encoder) Click the Bandwidth tab on the Configure page. The Bandwidth (see figure 20) page opens. Figure 20. Bandwidth Page The Bandwidth page provides for the control of the spatial and temporal compression settings for ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 35 Bandwidth Management — Standard Control Figure 21. Standard Control Area The Standard control area provides a user with a quick configuration method for the VN-Matrix 300 encoder. Statistics for any active streams currently running from the encoder are provide...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 36 Image Quality The Image Quality controls the spatial compression. A setting of 4 provides a visually lossless image. A higher setting results in higher compression whilst a lower setting applies a lower level of compression. Changes made to this setting will r...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 37 Video Quality Management Spatial Compression settings Figure 23. Spatial Compression Settings The level of spatial compression is set using the Luminance and Chrominance control. These controls are normally locked, with an optimal offset of 2 units between the...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 38 Bandwidth Management The Bandwidth management section provides a method to set a maximum bit rate for the encoded stream. It duplicates the Control mode settings already described in the Standard Control area (already described above) but includes two addition...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 39 Configuration Page — Ancport (Encoder) The AncPort configuration is accessed from the icon in the device, configuration page and provides access to settings relating to the Ancillary data that is present in the video transport connection. Primarily, this data ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 40 ANC Panel Provides for control and configuration of the ancillary data channels. Selecting the Audio group There are 16 audio channels present in the SDI/HDSDI/3G SDI video transport. These are arranged in 4 groups each of 4 channels. The VN-Matrix 300 units c...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 41 By using both FEC methods together, 2 dimensional FEC, the combined effect can protect against more loss permutations than either scheme used in isolation. FEC works by adding additional data to the stream. Using this data it is possible for the decoder to det...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 42 Streams Panel (ANC) The Streams panel of the Configure page for an encoder provides information on any active streams (audio) that are configured on the encoder. z Stream definition — Provides information on any active streams from the encoder. z Streams are p...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 43 The format of the FEC stream is set via the appropriate icon (either colefec or rowfec) in the Configure dialog of the Device page. Figure 29. Device Page, Configuration Dialog z Multicast Enable — Allows the user to select the multicast option. If selected: z...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 44 Typical Application Bit Rates Typical bit rates — Video Application z Broadcast Contribution z Camera Panning z Sports/Nature z Lifestyle z Broadcast News Media Gathering z Static Camera Frame z Interviews z Static Camera Frame z Surveillance z Telepresence z ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 45 Typical Bit Rates (HD and 3G Sources) — Audio The total bit rate for each group is approximately 16 Mbs. 1 group (4 channels) 2 group(8 Channels) 3 group(12 channels) 4 group(16 Channels) Audio Bit rate 16 Mbs 32 Mbs 48 Mbs 64 Mbs FEC overhead (Example @ 40%) ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 46 Decoder Videoport Panel The top panel of the videoport (decoder) configuration page provides access to the following features: z Name — This may be changed to a user specific value. This is the name that is displayed in the device list page. z Nodata splash — ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 47 Stream Type —_rtp MULTICAST A multicast UDP stream, used for best effort point to multi point delivery. Note that this stream type is only available when a multicast stream has been configured at the corresponding encoder. Decoder — Enabling audio streams Tran...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 48 Decoder — Bit Rate and Stream Statistics The bit rate and statistics for each of the stream types (video, audio and FEC) may be monitored. NOTE: The bit rate statistic reported here applies to whichever stream type is being monitored. This is different to the ...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 49 Bit rate and network statistics for the current stream are reported in a tabular form. z The total column contains counts for the history of the stream. z The window1 and window2 columns contain counts over user programmable intervals. z Megabits/sec — The bit...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 50 Data input to the server is sent to all clients simultaneously. Data received at a client is sent to the server. Simultaneous data transfers are processed on a first in first out basis. Any number of pass-through groups may exist on the same network.Communicat...
VN-Matrix 300 • System Configuration 51 Client Mode From the Devicepage, Peripherals tab of each device in the client group, configure the client devices. 1. On the Device page, click on the device you want to configure as a client. 2. Select the Peripherals tab. 3. Set the mode a to client. This re...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 52 Firmware, Licensing Upgrades and User Accounts This section describes upgrading device firmware and clock management . Upgrading Device Firmware From time to time Extron may issue firmware upgrades for VN-Matrix 300 in order to make ne...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 53 NOTES: z Performing the Activate function on the controller will cause the device to reboot and as a result the upgrade file (in the temporary storage are) will be erased. It is recommended, therefore, that you PREPARE all devices firs...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 54 Device Upgrade status messages Device Upgrade Status Description Action Wait This is the normal state when the unit is running with the current version of firmware. z Browse to and load a new version of firmware. The new file is held i...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 55 2. Click the Upload button to begin uploading the file to the VN-Matrix 300 controller. This may take a few minutes. Once the file is uploaded, you can begin installing it into each unit , starting with the controller unit. 1. From the...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 56 Licensing Each VN-Matrix 300 unit is supplied with a feature set that is defined by a license key and a structure. This is not intended to be changed as part of normal operation and this section is provided for information only. Figure...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 57 User Accounts Changing User Login Passwords From the Device List page click the Accounts tab. Figure 42. Accounts Page The VN-Matrix 300 has three user accounts: z Administrator — which allows full read/write access to all setup parame...
VN-Matrix 300 • Firmware, License Upgrades, and User Accounts 58 Clock Management Figure 43. Accounts Page The system clock is generated by the unit that is acting as the controller. All units in the system receive their time stamps from the system controller. The clock for all VN Matrix 300 series ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 59 Alarms and SNMP This section provide the following: z Overview — Alarms z Alarms Page z Overview — SNMP z SNMP Trap Destinations Overview — Alarms The VN-Matrix 300 is configured to generate alarms for range of error conditions. A list of these error conditions and...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 60 Alarms Page Figure 45. The Alarms screen enables a user to define and monitor system alarms. Filter Settings Figure 46. Filter Settings Section The Filter Settings section allows the default settings for each alarm type to be modified. a Alarm Type — Select the par...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 61 Alarm Type This drop down lists the available alarm error conditions for all units. Alarm error conditions are divided into two broad categories z Alarm errors that occur on an Encoder z Alarm errors that occur on a Decoder In addition there is one alarm error that...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 62 Alarm Logs A historical list of the last 200 alarm events is provided in the Alarm Logs page. Figure 48. Alarm Log Page Showing Error Conditions The log provides data on when an alarm error condition was raised and cleared. Each event is paired in the log so a rais...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 63 Alarm Type Description — Encoder Alarm Type Description Action Default Settings Encoder Alarm No source No source present at the input. Check input connections; is there an output on the loop through connector? Critical, reporting Bad source syncs Source is present...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 64 Alarm Type Description — Decoder Alarm Type Description Action Default Settings Decoder Alarm No decoder video data Indicates that there is a valid connection, no video data present. Usually accompanied by no source data stream message in the WEB interface. Warning...
VN-Matrix 300 • Alarms and SNMP 65 Overview — SNMP The VN-Matrix 300 system has the ability to report alarm events via an SNMP trap, providing simple integration with Network management systems (NMS). When communicating using SNMP the VN-Matrix 300 complies with the requirements of SNMP v3. When gen...
VN-Matrix 300 • Technical Data 66 Reference Information This sections covers specifications and hardware information. Specifications Video Signal type ..................................... SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI digital videoResolution ...................................... 8 or 10 bits, automaticData ...
VN-Matrix 300 • Technical Data 67 Output impedance ......................... 75 ohmsVertical frequency ........................... 23.97 Hz to 60 Hz, depending on signal format Audio input and output Number/signal type ........................ 4 groups of 4 channels, embedded with video signalSource...
VN-Matrix 300 • Technical Data 68 Regulatory compliance Safety ...................................... CE, ULEMI/EMC ................................. CE, EN60950-1 Warranty ........................................ 3 years parts and labor NOTE: All nominal levels are at ±10%. NOTE: Specifications are...
VN-Matrix 300 • Technical Data 69 Network Port 2: SFP Function: Port 2 is used for network connectivity and supports 10/100/1000BASE-LX (Gigabit Ethernet) optical and 10/100/1000BASE-TX (Gigabit Ethernet) copper connections. Connector type: SFP (mini-GBIC) GIGABIT slot for copper or Optical SFP comp...
Extron ® Warranty Extron Electronics warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of purchase. In the event of malfunction during the warranty period attributable directly to faulty workmanship and/or materials, Extron Electronics will,...
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